Word tattoo ideas

2,200 photos and flash · 96% Lettering, 46% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and grey lettering tattoo spelling BELIEVE in vertical capitals on the neck behind a person's ear.
Vertical BELIEVE lettering behind an ear
A fine black line script tattoo reading fearless sits on the inner wrist of a raised fist against a plain white background.
Fearless script on the inner wrist
Pale lettering reading wit beyond measure runs across the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a lettering style.
White lettering across upper back
Black and white photo of the word grace in thin, lowercase fine line lettering on the inner wrist and forearm.
Lowercase word grace on an inner wrist
Two photographs of black lettering tattoos: "I'm fine" on the outer thigh above the knee, and "save me" on the ankle of a raised foot, both in a plain black script.
"I'm fine" and "save me" lettering on legs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading choose joy on the inner wrist of a raised hand, set against dark weathered wooden boards.
Choose joy wrist tattoo
White ink script tattoo reading Believe with swirling flourishes on a forearm, in a lettering style.
Believe script on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Give me strength when I'm standing and faith when I fall, tattooed across the upper chest below the collarbone.
Script quote across the upper chest
Two fists held toward the camera, with the word LOVE in black serif capitals across the fingers of one hand and SICK across the other, both on the hand.
LOVE and SICK finger lettering
Black fine line script tattoo reading what if you fly on the side of a torso, above a patterned blue top.
Script quote reading what if you fly
Black script lettering reading Strength; It's what comes from the madness we survive, tattooed across the upper chest.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black script lettering design reading Always & Forever on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Always & Forever script lettering design
Close view of a small black fine-line script tattoo on a woman's upper back, shown above a pale blue bandeau top and beneath a knitted sweater.
Fine line script word on upper back
White handwritten script reading Simple things, set vertically on a black background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Simple things script lettering design
Black ink lettering reading mind above a horizontal line and matter below, tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Mind over matter wrist lettering
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading "with every heartbeat" in black ink along a woman's collarbone, near the shoulder.
"with every heartbeat" script along a collarbone
Black script lettering reading Stay Gold runs diagonally down the back of a person's neck, with their hair up in a bun.
Stay Gold script on the back of the neck
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading Amor across a finger, with a blue opal ring on the same hand.
Amor script tattoo on a finger
Black and white photo of a forearm with the words LOVE WILL TEAR US APART tattooed in bold block capitals against a dark background.
Love will tear us apart lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading inhale exhale across the upper chest, shown on bare skin beside a white top.
Inhale exhale script on the chest
Black and white photo of a fine line arrow with the word fearless in cursive script on a person's ribs.
Arrow and fearless script on ribs
Black and grey photograph of the words "cross my heart and hope to die" in cursive lettering tattooed on the upper chest, below the collarbone.
Cross my heart quote on the upper chest
Black tattoo of the word curiouser in looping script within oval outlines, with one copy inverted, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Curiouser script tattoo on the inner arm
Black script lettering tattoo on the lower back, shown in a mirror selfie with the wearer in denim shorts and a white crop top.
Small script tattoo on lower back
Close photo of a small black lettering tattoo reading tattoo on the upper arm, just below a grey t-shirt sleeve.
The word tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line script reading "be still" on a pale inner forearm, photographed against a dark top.
Be still script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the outline of the state of Texas on the inner forearm, with the word TEXAS in block lettering on the wrist, in a black and white photo.
Texas state outline and word on forearm
Black fine line lettering reading BABE IS BUSY on the outer upper arm of a woman in a grey t-shirt seated in a salon chair.
Small black lettering on an upper arm
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a dandelion seed head dispersing into birds, with the words fearless, dreamer, reckless, carefree and lonely in script.
Dandelion seeds, birds and script design
Fine line script tattoo reading be happy with a thin underline, sitting on the inner forearm.
Be happy script on a forearm
Small black script lettering reading ho ho ho on the side of a finger, with the hand raised against a warm brown background.
Ho ho ho script on a finger
Small black Cyrillic lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, shown in a close photo of a light-skinned hand resting on red fabric.
Cyrillic word tattoo on the wrist
Fine black script lettering reading grace on the inner forearm, with a partly visible coloured tattoo at the edge of the frame.
Grace script lettering on inner forearm
Black and grey fine line script reading big sis on one foot and lil sis on the other, shown on the feet of two people against a white background.
Big sis and lil sis script on feet
Small dark grey serif lettering reading Run on the outer side of an ankle, in black and grey ink.
Small word lettering on an ankle
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Bruised But Never Broken in dark ink across the upper back near the shoulder.
Script quote Bruised But Never Broken on a shoulder
Close photograph of a black ink word tattoo reading Thnks in simple hand-drawn lettering on the inner wrist.
Thnks lettering on an inner wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo of the word soul on a forearm, with a small dot over the letter o.
Soul script on a forearm
Fine line black infinity symbol with the script words and beyond across the upper back, viewed from behind just below the neck.
Infinity symbol with script on upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading hope with a small outlined star on the inner wrist, partly surrounded by stacked black and silver bangles.
Hope script with a star on the wrist
Black script lettering reading Family with sweeping flourishes on the inner forearm, shown in a close photograph of healed skin.
Family script lettering on forearm
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading 'You are an expression of the universe' in centred lines on the upper arm, with a dark t-shirt sleeve rolled above it.
Text quote tattoo on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Family sits on the upper chest near the collarbone, beside a white bra strap and grey top.
Family script on upper chest
Two hands held together show black lettering tattoos on the inner wrists, one reading Live in script and the other reading SURVIVOR with a semicolon.
Live and survivor wrist tattoos
Black lettering tattoo of a heart made from treble and bass clefs with the words Promise me music and two dots, on the side of a ribcage.
Music clef heart on the ribs
Dark blue-black script lettering reading through every dark night, there is a brighter day, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo of small words on the nape of a woman's neck, with a blonde braid over one shoulder, photographed from behind.
Small script words on the nape
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering reading 'We only part to meet again' runs diagonally along a forearm, partly covered by clear wrap.
Typewriter quote along a forearm